Facebook-- Gawd I've spent too much time on Facebook lately. I dove into it for the above mentioned job's social media push. But I'm afraid I'm too easily addicted to endless scrolling through posts that really have no relevance to me just to see what the handful of people I truly love are up too. It's become a bad habit that takes up too much of my day. I have to quit cold-turkey!

So anyway... that all took several weeks, was a total blast, and now I'm "retired" again.

And we went to Israel for a fabulous family wedding. I so love it there. Great family (on my husband's side), amazing food, perfect weather and wonderful people. This trip we spent all our time in Tel Aviv. The purple Jacaranda trees were in bloom. So were the kumquat trees at our hotel.

We stayed at a small boutique hotel called The Norman. It's a lovely hotel with a chic Moroccan vibe-- Hip but quiet in the middle of the city's Rothschild section. My idea of perfect.

Since we were exhausted, we camped out in hotel room's bed far more than usual to catch up on our sleep. The linens and duvet were scrumptious-- And by Frette!!! Do you know them? I did-- and what I know about them is that they are far to expensive to ever be on my bed at home! But there they were in all their glory at The Norman. It was like sleeping on, in, and surrounded by, a silky cloud. Heaven.

One morning I woke and figured out how The Norman tracks these gems of sheets-- Senors! Yep, they are actually sewn into the seams so guests don't walk off with them! Never saw that before.

Traveling though, not so fun. I've come to the sad realization that a 10 hour time change and 20+ hours of flying and layovers are just too much for my body. Talk about a killer. It took nearly 5 days to adjust and catch up then it was almost time to come back home again. Once we actually returned home it took another 5 days to get myself together.

Makes me wonder how I traveled like that for business all those years. I know I was younger but sheesh-- It really wore me out.

While in Tel Aviv I discovered a new cookbook-- New to me at least, and I'm working my way through the recipes. The amazing thing about the food in Israel-- and let me tell you-- we ATE and ATE and ATE, day in an day out-- was that both my husband and I actually LOST weight by the time we got home! The menu is so filled with fresh vegetables and fish that even though we indulged, we felt great and dropped a few pounds. That was an unexpected treat at the end of a vacation!

So now it's almost May and I'm working on getting central air conditioning in our house. Last year's brutal two month heatwave was the straw that broke the camel's back. We live close enough to the ocean that we really didn't miss having it in the past but climate change, global warning, or old age-- whatever you want to call it, has changed things at Casa Jenkins!

Well, I sure see why you haven't been blogging! You've been living your life, which is the most important thing! Absolutely fascinating -- the travel, the sheets, and good for you taking on work that you love and no doubt do very well! (I'm with Bill, though -- blog before FB! Although once you click in, it's so hard to leave!) Welcome back, you've been missed!

You have been so busy and I have been following your adventures on Facebook. I've learned to do it for short amounts of time a couple times during the day and that is it, but it's a black hole for some. Your trip sounds amazing. However I can't imagine being in a plane for so long, that is what holds me back from traveling a lot now, well that and the fact that I set off all the alarms with all my metal parts and have to be searched - no fun. Hugs!!

I'm so glad you had a good trip. Did you tape all of your valuables to the back of the furniture? I do that when I travel, and sometimes at home too. Anyways, the whole thing sounds scrumptious, from the food to the sheets to the trees. And the wedding of course. My secret to facebook is not "following" about 90% of the people on my friends list. They have no idea that I can't see their posts. Hope you are having a nice summer my dear. kiss kiss xo xo d

hoping you are doing well…i miss the blogging group where so many of us had such a strong and regular presence…but you know, life gets in the way and for that i am grateful. i mean really…who doesn't want to have a life….right :) HUGS!!!

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